T1497 Virtualization/Sandbox Evasion in real malware

ATT&CK technique T1497 Virtualization/Sandbox Evasion appears in 50 publicly analyzed samples on MalwareAnalyzer by Cyble, 0.0% of the analyzed corpus. Seven-day prevalence is rising (27 recent vs 7 prior). Most associated families: HUILoader, AsyncRAT, RedLine.

Tactics: stealth, discovery

Prevalence in the corpus

• Samples exhibiting T1497: 50
• Share of analyzed corpus: 0.0%
• Last 7 days: 27 · prior 7 days: 7 (rising)

Malware families using T1497

• HUILoader - 6 samples
• AsyncRAT - 3 samples
• RedLine - 2 samples

Example samples

• 9be89e1694b400922eecb56f35875636b99222f2a58cb3549809a21bc972233d - malicious
• 75f9cb83080cf4b72c20bd010b0e98b4823cfa8e9a4312d9f1fd1a8743c3ae52 - malicious
• 2697aaf4ccb37a6e5ce112138914f23de5faa5324ad0610d5e544d53267858cc - malicious
• cfd7fdc9447d994abd14313bcd934d5a1bf9c1f8cef57a0e7887c9db48a26ee0 - malicious
• 035a6fa4064026934d0a631c9c1f1b9a5225b407c212bb99049d18b995b8e8a4 - malicious
• e3c31a2c2367ddf0a502d7b5da3782b9f49cebb7ac7979b12fbcef027442674e - malicious
• df066392d67063967325fcddf0440399235a135700429a5a238539f363b2ef67 - malicious
• libunity.so - suspicious
• virussign.com_c1fc54a5746888ea50d68e00b263f6d0.vir - suspicious
• 69cb6171f3bbfc5bbb6a46911a8e6bcfa6dd29c0bbc105e83b34bbec4ef1a3e1 - malicious
• d40b7935c1d4aafadaac8489ec94a1c8ba156d6255e926d65d9158ce7d504f12 - malicious
• 25e1577ccee5bc33d5273e5d4aec9442e31d7158e496cc11189b4790e25ded5c.py - malicious
• 74131b9a75d7210c7ed081fcadee7fc8219f3392c4010779c19cb5ed5d88d079 - malicious
• 74fb601f4970e34fdccae66aaddc5e8cc1fdb465ca2f9ee927a54a4956ba8412 - malicious
• 0be26482a47e696774686dd19be90ee8220e17c739a85e6b114d4a81d32b3cfc.exe - malicious
• virussign.com_6687278cbf0fb883d2a635ecf90d72e0.vir - malicious
• virussign.com_d9f9a698efd8793f9de778825721eef0.vir - suspicious
• 0560b8d7e869d337ff699b785db358983aec04ecbd828608bc6e1b5bbf196e8f - malicious
• 64c25e91637c23fa8d29fcbe425b9649e8a2a917316892b855fdd279df82c081.exe - malicious
• 85a229fa75bcf5ef41066bb0618ade943cba3b72c377fee22bc2ff94dfaf4160.exe - malicious
• virussign.com_7d6efe77b95b1d1ffdb48a9008daaa90.vir - malicious
• 3ab319d1d70f3e496791bfadfec7f375adb37ff5e27e8f11b16bcf7521e39f50 - malicious
• fa4d699db3112a87eea7385944464ccf116709bb5b18921252e869c3604cf227.dll - malicious
• ec0891a2260e38475d2948692f4243430a88c1b849a4c4c8c69220b49ce9c5b3.dll - malicious
• 57f9cbdd587b286f584b53ccb676bc21fa3ae8652013bdf90d50f2d862430cfb - malicious

Canonical technique definition: MITRE ATT&CK T1497 (ATT&CK v19.1, CC BY 4.0).

Frequently asked about T1497

How common is ATT&CK T1497 (Virtualization/Sandbox Evasion) in real malware?

ATT&CK technique T1497 Virtualization/Sandbox Evasion appears in 50 publicly analyzed samples on MalwareAnalyzer by Cyble, 0.0% of the analyzed corpus. Seven-day prevalence is rising (27 recent vs 7 prior). Most associated families: HUILoader, AsyncRAT, RedLine.

Is T1497 becoming more common?

Prevalence is rising: 27 samples in the last seven days against 7 in the seven days before. This measures submissions to MalwareAnalyzer by Cyble, so it reflects what is being submitted here rather than global attacker behaviour.

Which malware families use T1497?

In this corpus T1497 is most associated with HUILoader (6), AsyncRAT (3), RedLine (2). Counts are analyzed samples per family in which the technique was observed.

What share of analyzed samples use T1497?

0.0% of the publicly analyzed corpus (50 of 100981 samples) exhibits T1497. Technique attribution comes from behavior captured during real sandbox detonation and from static analysis, not from a vendor label.

All ATT&CK techniques in the corpus · Latest analyzed threats